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<p>Smart is as smart does. The NDA government&rsquo;s proposal to build 100 &ldquo;smart&rdquo; cities will work only if it can reinvent the very idea of urban growth in a country like India. Smart thinking will require the government to not only copy the model cities of the already developed Western world, but also find a new measure of liveability that will work for Indian situation, where the cost of growth is unaffordable for most.</p>
<p><a href="http://cseindia.org/content/how-smart-a-smart-city" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BlogsDown to earthEditor's PageHabitat And UrbanisationIndiaPower TransmissionSubsidiesSunita NarainUrban DevelopmentUrban PlanningUrban SanitationUrban Water SupplyWaste ManagementFri, 01 Aug 2014 04:37:53 +0000Sunita Narain5491 at http://cseindia.org